Although he received assurances from England, Sand Goose, and the Habsburg envoys, Suleiman did not relax. Instead, he immediately set off back to find Mustafa Pasha, intending to discuss it with Mustafa Pasha again.

discuss.

After all, Suleiman was still worried.

Despite the pleasant communication between the two parties, England, Sand Goose, and the Habsburg family's envoys also agreed to the plan to exchange oil for ordnance, but Suleiman also knew in his heart that the contract between the two parties was not substantive.

The binding force is not much stronger than the paper in the toilet - the paper in the toilet can be used to wipe your butt, this kind of empty agreement...

However, when Suleiman returned to Topkapi Palace, he found that Mustafa Pasha was also worried.

As soon as he saw Suleiman, Mustafa Pasha directly picked up a piece of intelligence and handed it over: "Look, this is the intelligence just sent from the Egyptian province. Muhammad Ali designed to bring more than four hundred

They slaughtered all the Mamluk nobles, deposed the governor of Egypt appointed by Sultan Mahmoud II, and proclaimed himself king."

Suleiman took the information, looked at it a few times, and cursed bitterly: "These are wolf cubs who are not well-raised!"

Losing the Egyptian province meant that the Ottomans lost an important source of tax revenue and an important source of troops.

Yes, although the Ottoman rule over Egypt has always been rule without rule, the Egyptian governor must also bear his obligations to the Ottoman Empire, that is, to provide troops and taxes to the Ottoman Empire.

After all, it was the cavalry that "had resisted the Mongol invasion". In an era when firearms were underdeveloped, the Mamluk heavy armored cavalry still had a terrifying deterrent effect in close range charges. As a result, the Ottomans stopped the Ottomanization of the Egyptian provinces and not only restored

It retained its ruling structure and even vigorously supported the Mamluk aristocracy.

However, as the Ottoman Empire supported the Mamluks, the Mamluks' power expanded day by day, and the conflict with the Ottoman Empire's governor in Egypt became increasingly acute.

The first is the enhancement of Mamluk military strength.

When the Mamluk dynasty fell, its army suffered heavy losses. However, after joining the ruling class of the Egyptian provinces, the Mamluk nobles continued to purchase slaves in Crimea, Central Asia and other places to expand the army.

The army has since regained its strength and has become a "powerful force" capable of competing with the Ottoman army.

More importantly, the taxation power in Egypt was monopolized by the Mamluks.

Under the tax farming system, as long as the Mamluks paid a certain amount of taxes to the Ottoman Empire every year, they could monopolize all taxes in Egypt and levy land rent and taxes from farmers and businessmen at will. Over time, the Mamluks controlled the financial power in Egypt.

, the Mamluks were also powerful enough to challenge the authority of the Egyptian governor.

The Ottomans could tolerate this, because at this time, the emerging powers in Europe had begun to threaten the Ottoman Empire's rule in Europe, and the Ottoman expansion in Europe was also curbed. The Ottoman sultan also had to devote his main energy to defense against attacks from

Attacks by the Habsburg dynasty, Germany, Poland and other countries.

For Egypt, a rich province, the Ottoman Sultan was more concerned about maintaining order, ensuring the stability of the tax system and the input of troops, rather than adjusting the power struggle between the Egyptian governor and the Mamluks. In Egypt's unpredictable political environment

, the governors can only deal with it alone.

Under this situation, the Mamluks gradually gained a dominant position over the Egyptian governor, and in the end they were even able to depose the governor stationed in Istanbul.

Basically, it is not independent but independent, independent but independent. In addition to nominally obeying the Ottoman suzerainty, the Egyptian provinces no longer follow the orders of Istanbul.

Until the sudden rise of Muhammad Ali - with Mahmud II successfully joining the small pot, the external pressure faced by the Ottomans was infinitely reduced, and Istanbul naturally wanted to free up its hands to solve the problem of the Egyptian provinces being independent.

Mahmud II decided to build a military force different from the Mamluks.

It was under these circumstances that Muhammad Ali was sent to the Egyptian province.

However, what everyone did not expect was that after arriving in the Egyptian province, Muhammad Ali did not fight to the death with the Mamluks. Instead, he chose to form an alliance with the Mamluk nobles to jointly fight against the Egyptian governor sent to the Egyptian province by Istanbul.

Ali, who was good at dancing and long-sleeved, soon took control of the military and political power of the entire Egypt, and was naturally appointed as the new governor of Egypt by the Ottoman Empire, thus beginning his rule over Egypt. Although Ali was not very obedient,

After all, Ali was also sent there by Mahmud II, so he was more reassuring to Istanbul than the original Mamluks.

Then, Ali took advantage of the Ming Dynasty's attack on Ottoman and planned to kill more than 400 Mamluk nobles and declared his own country.

The whole process can be summed up in one sentence: after eating Osman's meal, he smashed Osman's bowl.

This is why Suleiman called Ali an immature wolf cub.

Mustafa Pasha shook his head slightly and sighed: "What a troubled time. The problems in the Ming Dynasty have not been resolved yet, and there is such a big trouble in the Egyptian province. Is it true that the true god wants to destroy us Ottomans?"

Suleiman said with a gloomy face: "I can't take care of that wolf cub now - I have just reached an agreement with the envoys of England, Sand Goose and the Habsburg family, and they agreed to use our Ottoman oil to sell them

By replacing arms and food, the problem of lack of money in the treasury can finally be dealt with."

"However, you should also know in your heart that this kind of agreement is actually of no use at all. They may break out of the contract at any time."

"We must first solve the problems of ordnance and food in the shortest possible time."

Mustafa Pasha's frown eased slightly.

For the Ottomans, the most fatal problem at the moment was not that Ali of the Egyptian province declared himself king, but that the reserves of weapons and food were about to bottom out.

Mustafa Pasha said slowly while thinking about the next strategy: "If we can take advantage of the opportunity that the contract has just been concluded to reserve more arms and food, the pressure on us can be alleviated a lot. However, light

We, the Ottomans, will definitely not be able to deal with the Ming Dynasty's attack."

Suleiman nodded slightly and asked, "What good ideas do you have?"

Mustafa Pasha sighed and said: "Where is the best solution? Since you have reached an agreement with the envoys of England, Sand Goose and the Habsburg family to exchange oil for ordnance and food, it means that they have not

They agreed to jointly raise troops, and judging from the current situation of Xiaopoqiu, if they disagree, the remaining countries will not dare to go against the Ming Dynasty."

Having said this, Mustafa Pasha's face showed a trace of regret again: "When Khamis in Benghazi stood up against the Ming Dynasty, we should not stand on the side of the Ming Dynasty, but should

Secretly sent people to help Khamis and the others."

Suleiman also sighed and said: "It's already freezing in Benghazi, and it's already freezing in Khamis in Benghazi. What's the use of talking about it now?"

After the two of them sighed together, Mustafa Pasha reluctantly cheered up: "You are right. It is useless to talk about it now. How to deal with the Ming army's attack is the key - I plan to follow suit."

The tactics used by the Ming people in the past were to fortify the entire Ottoman Empire, leaving them unable to get any supplies from the Ottoman lands!"

Hearing Mustafa Pasha talk about the tactics of fortifying walls and clearing fields, Suleiman was moved in his heart and said: "When I negotiated the contract with the English envoys just now, I promised them that we will send people to burn those who are close to the Ming army.

The oil fields made it impossible for the Ming army to exploit even a drop of oil."

Mustafa Pasha nodded slightly: "It doesn't matter if you burn it. The oil that does not belong to the Ottomans has no meaning to us anyway. Rather than leaving it to the Ming people to exploit, it is better to burn it all with a fire."

…

While Suleiman and Mustafa Pasha were discussing how to burn those oil fields, Emperor Zhu had already set foot on the land of Mukalla Port.

Similar to the problems that the Ottomans are facing now, Emperor Zhu is also facing a supply problem - the higher the degree of weaponization of the army, the more serious the dependence on logistics. The larger the number of troops, the greater the pressure on logistics.

The tactics of obtaining supplies on the spot as in the cold weapon era obviously no longer work.

The current army of the Ming Dynasty is one with a high degree of firearms. From the muskets and grenades equipped by individual soldiers to the artillery equipped at the battalion level, the required muskets, artillery and ammunition, as well as clothing, military boots and other materials are needed

It was transported thousands of miles from the mainland of the Ming Dynasty.

The same goes for other military bases close to the Ottomans. They all need the Ming Dynasty to transport ordnance, ammunition and supplies to them.

As for establishing a production line for ordnance and various materials on site at Mukalla Port...

Emperor Zhu was not worried about the safety of these production lines, nor was he worried that there would be no labor available, or even whether these materials would flow into the hands of the Ottomans. However, Emperor Zhu was worried about having enough time and water - the equipment needed to build the production lines.

It needs to be transferred from Daming. After the transfer, it will be installed, debugged and produced. It will take several months in the blink of an eye.

Over the past few months, Osman may have been completely cold.

Emperor Zhu walked forward slowly and asked casually to classmate Zhu Jianying: "How do you think we should solve the problem of ordnance, ammunition and material supply?"

Classmate Zhu Jianying walked slowly forward with Emperor Zhu, and replied thoughtfully: "I think the cost of transshipment directly from Daming is too high, and the method of setting up a production line directly in Mukala Port is too time-consuming.

So... why not build a production line while transporting?"

Emperor Zhu turned his head slightly and glanced at classmate Zhu Jianying, and asked: "Tell me why you need to build a production line while transporting goods? Doing so may not please both parties, right?"

Zhu Jianying said: "Building production lines while transporting goods seems to waste some transportation capacity and some time, but in the long run, this approach is the most appropriate."

"The first is the consumption of bullets - the muskets used by our Ming army are different from the muskets equipped by the Ottomans, England and even France. In addition to the fact that the bullets between these types of muskets are completely incompatible, our Ming army cannot rely on capture

Supplement consumption.”

"The most important thing is that the consumption of bullets was the largest in the entire war. If we simply relied on transferring bullets from the mainland of Ming Dynasty, we would only need to bring one ship today, one ship tomorrow, and two ships the day after tomorrow to be able to supply it.

superior."

"The artillery is about the same."

"Whether it is cannon barrels or shells, the ones used by our Ming army are different from those used by the Ottomans. Likewise, there is no way to rely on capture to replenish consumption."

"As for setting up a production line first and then starting production..."

Zhu Jianying considered it and said: "The time required to establish the production line is not short, and the fighter planes are fleeting. We should not delay the time of solving the Ottomans just to establish the production line. More importantly, I feel that your purpose does not seem to be the same."

Not just Ottoman?”

"Of course our goal is not just the Ottomans." Emperor Zhu laughed and said: "As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, my ambition cannot be just a mere Ottoman."

Classmate Zhu Jianying, who was following Emperor Zhu, curled her lips slightly and said in a low voice: "Yes, yes, yes, you have great ambitions. Of course, being a mere Ottoman is nothing."

Emperor Zhu ignored classmate Zhu Jianying's complaints. Instead, he sighed slightly and asked inexplicably: "You know Yin Di'an Continent, right?"

Classmate Zhu Jianying couldn’t help but be a little confused.

If it had been during the Qing Dynasty, no one in the entire Central Plains might have known about the Yin Di'an Continent, but in the Ming Dynasty now, if you go to a primary school and ask any elementary school student, they will all be able to tell you about Yin Di'an.

What is going on in Di'an Continent? In the past, it was inhabited by the Yin people, and later it was usurped by the European barbarians. Now there are fiefdoms of the King of Qin and the King of Jin on it.

After thinking for a while, classmate Zhu Jianying still answered honestly: "If we don't consider your old man's statement that Yin Di'an is the place where the Yin people live, and instead accept the statement of those maritime merchants in Europe, then first of all

The one who arrived at the Yintian Continent should be the one named Columbus?"

Emperor Zhu snorted disdainfully, and then asked: "Then do you know how the barbarians in Europe treated the local natives after the so-called Mayflower arrived in Yin Di'an?"

Classmate Zhu Jianying said: "Of course we know this. The Yin Di'an natives sent clothes and food to the European barbarians, but the barbarians sent sick blankets to the Yin Di'an natives, and some scalp orders ordered the barbarians to hunt the natives."

people."

Emperor Zhu hummed and said: "If our Ming Dynasty is not strong enough, how do you think we can be stronger than those Yin Di An natives?"
Chapter completed!